Tentative guidelines are intended for study in workshops and for consideration of boards of education and school officers as they develop workable and proper procedures for collective negotiations within their districts. Topics covered include preparing for negotiations, composition of the bargaining teams, the grievance procedure, and impasse…

This looseleaf, indexed handbook provides guidelines designed to equip school administrators with the tools, tactics, and techniques necessary to meet the challenge of teacher associations at the bargaining table. The document contains a discussion of the teacher militancy background, some suggestions on how to prepare for negotiations, and a…

This document contains 27 papers, by various authors, related to collective negotiations in education. The papers cover the following topics: (1) The role, desirable skills, and authority of board of education members, administrators, and principals, during collective negotiations; (2) the general background and status of the negotiation movement…

This manual is designed to help school boards and administrators avoid strikes, survive them, and recover from them when they are over. Chapter 1 distinguishes between public and private sector strikes; defines different kinds of strike strategies, negotiation goals, and strike goals; and provides a strike evaluation checklist for the employee…